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10 April 20
Elizabeth Warren | Congress Needs a Plan to Confront the Coronavirus. I Have One.
Elizabeth Warren, The New York Times
Warren writes: "Congress has passed three coronavirus packages aimed at providing immediate relief to families, workers, hospitals and small businesses, but with more than 12,000 dead and 10 million out of work, the scale of this tragedy demands we do much more - much faster."
Elizabeth Warren, The New York Times
Warren writes: "Congress has passed three coronavirus packages aimed at providing immediate relief to families, workers, hospitals and small businesses, but with more than 12,000 dead and 10 million out of work, the scale of this tragedy demands we do much more - much faster."
Government action is essential to save lives and to rescue our economy. Let’s get back to work.
ongress has passed three coronavirus packages aimed at providing immediate relief to families, workers, hospitals and small businesses, but with more than 12,000 dead and 10 million out of work, the scale of this tragedy demands we do much more — much faster.
Communities across the country are entering a critical stage. Illnesses are mounting and our health system is stretched to the brink. Early data shows people of color are infected and dying at disproportionately high rates. Unemployment is approaching Depression-era levels. No clear end is in sight for social distancing. The next round of policymaking must squarely address these hard realities — not with a few new nibbles, but with the kind of broad, direct action needed to save lives and save our economy.
Containing the health crisis must be our first priority. I have outlined immediate steps to accomplish a federal surge in testing capacity. In addition to using the powers under the recently invoked Defense Production Act, we must act now to have the government manufacture or contract for the manufacture of critical supplies when markets fail to do so — to produce tests, personal protective equipment, drugs in shortage and any future vaccines and treatments that our scientists develop — not in the thousands, but in the tens of millions. This will ensure swift production and build a stopgap against shortfalls moving forward. We must also use public programs to provide health care free for all who don’t otherwise have it.
Bank of America office in New York City. (photo: AP)
Shame on Big Banks for Failing to Step Up at a Critical Moment: The Covid-19 Pandemic
Gene Marks, Guardian UK
Marks writes: "You would think - particularly as medical, police, firefighters, let alone grocery clerks - are literally risking their lives to do their part in these terrifying times, the bankers of this country would see this as an opportunity to step up and pay it forward themselves."
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Gene Marks, Guardian UK
Marks writes: "You would think - particularly as medical, police, firefighters, let alone grocery clerks - are literally risking their lives to do their part in these terrifying times, the bankers of this country would see this as an opportunity to step up and pay it forward themselves."
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The FDA told healthcare providers that certain ventilators may be able to support multiple patients at once using air tube splitters. (photo: Getty)
Colorado Democrat Believes Trump Awarded Ventilators as Political Favor to Vulnerable GOP Senator
Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root
Crockett writes: "On Wednesday evening, Rep. Diana DeGette claimed that President Trump was running a little quid-pro-ventilators as he tried to garner political favor during a global pandemic."
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Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root
Crockett writes: "On Wednesday evening, Rep. Diana DeGette claimed that President Trump was running a little quid-pro-ventilators as he tried to garner political favor during a global pandemic."
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Workers lined up last week to apply for unemployment benefits at the Hospitality Training Academy in Los Angeles. (photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
16.8 Million Out of Work in US, 'Uncharted Territory' Economists Warn
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The United States Department of Labor announced Thursday that 6.6 million more people filed unemployment claims last week, bringing the three-week total to roughly 16.8 million, meaning about 10 percent of the nation's workforce has become jobless during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "The United States Department of Labor announced Thursday that 6.6 million more people filed unemployment claims last week, bringing the three-week total to roughly 16.8 million, meaning about 10 percent of the nation's workforce has become jobless during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic."
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Government enforcement of quarantine has raised concerns over privacy. (photo: Ira L. Black/Corbis)
Government Enforcement of Quarantine Raises Concerns About Increased Surveillance
Kira Lerner, The Appeal
Excerpt: "Louisville, Kentucky judges are ordering people with COVID-19 who have allegedly defied quarantine to wear GPS ankle monitors, raising ethical questions about the government's role in a pandemic."
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Kira Lerner, The Appeal
Excerpt: "Louisville, Kentucky judges are ordering people with COVID-19 who have allegedly defied quarantine to wear GPS ankle monitors, raising ethical questions about the government's role in a pandemic."
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A U.S. Border Patrol agent stands near a crossing to Mexico at the San Ysidro port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego. (photo: Frederic J. Brown/Getty)
Border Patrol Agents Are Being Investigated for Abuse Over Mistreatment of Pregnant Woman in Custody
Ema O'Connor, BuzzFeed
Excerpt: "The ACLU filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general on Wednesday, asking it to investigate the incident and other mistreatment of pregnant immigrants."
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Ema O'Connor, BuzzFeed
Excerpt: "The ACLU filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general on Wednesday, asking it to investigate the incident and other mistreatment of pregnant immigrants."
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The slopes of Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge. (photo: Don Ryan/AP)
Trump to Open More Wildlife Refuge Land to Hunting, Fishing
Brady McCombs, Associated Press
McCombs writes: "The Trump administration plans to open 2.3 million acres of land for hunting and fishing at more than 100 national wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries under a proposal unveiled Wednesday that is aimed at giving Americans more recreational access on public lands."
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Brady McCombs, Associated Press
McCombs writes: "The Trump administration plans to open 2.3 million acres of land for hunting and fishing at more than 100 national wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries under a proposal unveiled Wednesday that is aimed at giving Americans more recreational access on public lands."
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